This work describes a pilot study for the investigation of the chemical composition of organic species present in PM10 collected at a residential site in New Delhi during December 2001–March 2002, and in TSP emissions from in-use twostroke vehicles. Both ambient and emissions samples were analyzed using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GCMS), with an emphasis on quantification of non-volat...

INTRODUCTION Mine ash dumps, industries and domestic fuel use have a great impact on air quality and PM10 (particles with a diameter equal to or less than 10 μm) is a pollutant of particular concern. METHODS The objective of this study was to assess the human health risks posed by exposure to PM10 among a low socio-economic community. The Human Health Risk Assessment (HHRA) framework (i.e. ha...

The particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 and 2.5 microns respectively (PM10 and PM2.5) constitutes one of the main air pollutants, which is currently regulated in Europe through Directive 2008/50/EC due to its proven harmful effects on human health. In this paper, the airborne PM10 samples collected in Zaragoza city during 2001-2009 were apportioned by statis...

Air pollution in urban cites is caused not only by local emission sources but also significantly by regional atmospheric pollutant transport from surrounding areas. This study is to identify regional atmospheric PM10 transport pathways through an integrated modeling and synoptic pressure pattern analysis approach with a case study in Beijing, northern China. Beijing is a city sensitive to trans...

aerosol impact on people health, social and economic activities, land and water ecosystems and meteorological parameter. the gocart scheme was evaluated for simulating pm10 in this study. gocart was run into wrf model as a host model. reanalysis data from fnl for every 6 hour was used for initial conditions. one domain and two nests were used to cover region from west africa till east asia, ira...

A simultaneous study on indoor and outdoor particulate matter concentrations was done in five elementary schools in central parts of Tehran, Iran. Three sizes of particles including PM10, PM2.5 and PM1.0 were measured in 13 classrooms within this schools during winter (January, February and March) 2009. A laserbased portable aerosol spectrometer Model Grimm-1.108, was used for the continuous me...

Emissions data for PM10 and NH3 from commercial broiler houses in central Texas were analyzed using multiple linear regressions to develop emission factors for average bird weights and interior building temperatures. The emission factor for PM10 was 318 mg PM10 bird and the emission factor for NH3 was 19.8 g NH3 bird. These results were compared to published values found in the literature. Unde...

Numerous studies have shown associations between air pollution and health effects on human. The aims of the present study were to provide quantitative data on variation of atmospheric particulate matter (PM) concentration and the impact of PM on the health of people living in Tabriz city. The approach proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO) was applied using the AirQ 2.2.3 software deve...

BACKGROUND Air pollution exposure during pregnancy might have trimester-specific effects on fetal growth. OBJECTIVE We prospectively evaluated the associations of maternal air pollution exposure with fetal growth characteristics and adverse birth outcomes in 7,772 subjects in the Netherlands. METHODS Particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter < 10 μm (PM10) and nitrogen dioxide (NO2) l...